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Kelsea Best

Kelsea Best

Kelsea Best

Assistant Professor, Urban Climate Resilience and Adaptation Disparities College of Engineering Department of Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering College of Engineering Knowlton School of Architecture, City and Regional Planning

best.309@osu.edu

417C Hitchcock Hall
2070 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210

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Areas of Expertise

  • Climate resilience
  • Equitable climate adaptation
  • Climate-related migration and mobility
  • Climate gentrification
  • Coupled human-natural systems
  • Agent-based modeling
  • Coastal resilience

Education

  • B.S.E Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
  • M.S. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
  • Ph.D. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Best’s research focuses on understanding how climate change interacts with human societies and infrastructure, how people may adapt to climate change effects, and how climate adaptation measures can be designed and implemented in a just and equitable way. Her work is highly interdisciplinary and strives to connect methods, disciplines, and researchers from across geographies and fields

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